2 Samuel 20:4

And the king saith unto Amasa, 'Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

In Context

3And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines — whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

5and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:25and Amasa hath Absalom set instead of Joab over the host, and Amasa [is] a man's son whose name is Ithra the Israelite who hath gone in unto Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab;

2 Samuel 19:14And he inclineth the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they send unto the king, 'Turn back, thou, and all thy servants.'

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 20:2-4

Sheba's Rebellion. ( b. c. 1023.) 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women… Read the whole commentary →

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